Official Name: | Peto |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Yucatán |
Government Type: | PRI 2007-2010 |
Leader Title: | Municipal President |
Leader Name: | Jose Vicente Dominguez Canto[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3136 |
Population As Of: | 2005 [2] [3] |
Population Total: | 22386 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 20.1167°N -144°W |
Elevation M: | 35 |
Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 058 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Major Airport |
Blank Info Sec2: | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | IATA Code |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | MID |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | ICAO Code |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | MMMD |
Peto Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It has a municipal seat of the same name and is located in the centre-south portion of the Yucatán, 135 km to the south-east of state capital Mérida.
The municipality is made up of 74 communities, the most important include the following:
City population (2005): 18,177
City Founded: 1549
Annual fairs: 29 April to 3 May; 26 December to 2 January
Media: XEPET-AM, a government-run indigenous community radio station.